RE: Tivo as a CCTV recorder

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

You can get rid of the nag screens by hacking as per the following link (on= e of the UKHA_D members???):



http://www.pictech.co.uk/



I did it and it's relatively easy to follow and works well.



Rolling (manual) record is a bit disappointing though - it would be fantast= ic if I could trigger (start/stop) recording as and when. I could then only= record when a PIR etc is triggered and thus have a longer backup of video = (rather than it overwriting every 24 hours or so - which is pretty useless = if something happens while you're away for a few days or more!).



Anyone know of a workaround/hack etc to get Tivo to act more like a normal = VCR (i.e. no reliance on programme data or manual block recording)?



Paul.



-----Original Message-----
From: Umar [mailto:umar@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 January 2003 22:02
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Cc: UKHA_TiVo@xxxxxxx Subject: [ukha_d] Tivo as a CCTV recorder



Just an update.

I have a couple of spare TIVOs which I intended to use as CCTV recorders. I=
thought I might have to subscribe at =A310 per month to maintain their
functionality.

However I have found that you can do manual recordings anytime, although yo= u
do get nag screens.

You can record around 27 hours in Medium quality, which for me is fine.
Basic Quality is not good enough though.

I set mine on regular 1 hour manual recordings which overwrite themselves once space is required. I will update the hard disks soon so I can have mor= e
recording time.

I cant get the TIVOs to work with a multiplexer though. It appears because<= BR> TIVO encodes/compresses the images, they cannot be replayed properly via a<= BR> multiplexer.

The ultimate will be to network them so footage can be archived, but all in=
good time ...

Umar